The blame for this rape case crisis lies squarely with the CPS – and with Alison Saunders

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If you bend your ear closely to the wind today, you may detect the rustle of a political stitch-up. The police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Director of Public Prosecutions appear to be lining up a fall guy for their own systemic failings and misguided policies.

Yesterday, for the second time in seven days, another alleged rape case collapsed after police were found to have sat on digital evidence that would have cleared the accused man. Scotland Yard then announced that a review would be conducted into current sex cases “to ensure all evidence has been properly documented and shared”.